Astringent taste -good effects and side effects

 Hai,good morning all today we are coming to the end of rasa series according to ayurveda, so today we will be learning about astringent taste...

When you taste any substance with astringent taste,such as plantain,unripe banana,it dries up the saliva causing choking like feeling in the throat .

  • Decreases kapha and pittha
  • Increases vatha dosha
  • Qualities are rooksha,sheetha and laghu
  • as it is calming and healing we use this taste mostly to prepare medicines in ayurveda
  • SELF prescriction is restricted as excess use of this taste can cause constipation
  • dries up moisture
  • relieves excess salivation
  • causes dryness in oral cavity and throat
  • worsens chest pain
  • causes stoppage of excess blood 🩸 flow in the body so useful in bleeding disorders 
  • decreases urine production and flow
Astringent taste inactivates the tongue,and causes obstruction of passages in the throat .Astringent taste balances pittha and kapha,it is not easily digestible ,cleanses the blood ,causes squeezing and healing of ulcers ,has cold potency,dries up the moisture and fat,hinders digestion of undigested food 


Examples of astringent taste substances

  • Unripe bananas ,pomegranate ,chick peas,beans,okra,ssprouts and the herbs turmeric,lotus seed,arjuna.It is cooling ,heavy and drying in nature and produces a dry 
  • choking ,sensation in the throat 
  • taken in moderation,astringent taste calms pitha and kapha but excites vata.It helps in the healing of ulcers and promote clotting
  • EXCESS use may cause dryness,in oral cavity ,difficulty in speech , and constipation as well as abdominal distention,heart  spasms and stagnation of circulation .
It may affect the sex drive and lead to depletion of sperm....


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myself DR.kavitha dev ayurveda practitioner residing in chennai

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